Fifteen members and guests of the Memphis Chapter, TOS, did a field trip this morning to Shelby Forest state park. Clear and warm, horrendous numbers of mosquitoes. COUNT double-crested cormorant - 24 great blue heron - 5 great egret - 4 snowy egret - 1 Canada goose - 2 Mississippi kite - 6 red-shouldered hawk - 3 broad-winged hawk - 4 red-tailed hawk - 1 killdeer - 1 yellow-billed cuckoo - 2 chimney swift - 7 ruby-throated hummingbird - 4 red-headed woodpecker - 10 red-bellied woodpecker - 14 downy woodpecker - 3 pileated woodpecker - 4 e wood-pewee - 1 Acadian flycatcher - 3 e phoebe - 2 great crested flycatcher - 18 e kingbird - 3 purple martin - 2 barn swallow - 24 blue jay - 5 regular crow - 20 fish crow - 16 white-breasted nuthatch - 2 Carolina chickadee - 5 tufted titmouse - 20 Carolina wren - 15 ruby-crowned kinglet - 1 blue-gray gnatcatcher - 40 e bluebird - 14 Swainson thrush - 2 wood thrush - 15 robin - 1 mockingbird - 4 cedar waxwing - 19 starling - 12 white-eyed vireo - 18 yellow-throated vireo - 3 red-eyed vireo - 10 Tennessee warbler - 13 Nashville warbler - 3 parula - 23 chestnut-sided warbler - 1 black-throated green warbler - 4 cerulean warbler - 9 black-and-white warbler - 1 redstart - 20 worm-eating warbler - 2 ovenbird - 1 Louisiana waterthrush - 6 Kentucky warbler - 25 hooded warbler - 4 summer tanager - 10 scarlet tanager - 5 cardinal - 16 rose-breasted grosbeak - 6 indigo bunting - 20 chipping sparrow - 6 white-throated sparrow - 25 red-winged blackbird - 1 grackle - 25 brown-headed cowbird - 40 orchard oriole - 1 Baltimore oriole - 1 house finch - 1 goldfinch - 18 house sparrow - 1 Van Harris Millington, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================